銃弾
Meanings
1
bullet; firearm projectile
Refers to a bullet fired from a gun or rifle; often used in news-style descriptions of shootings, damage, or evidence.
The police found a bullet at the scene.
Bullets had been fired into the wall.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉に銃弾が当たるfor a bullet to hit someone
A bullet hit him in the shoulder.
- 銃弾を受けるto be struck/hit by a bullet
He was hit by a bullet in the abdomen and collapsed.
- 銃弾が貫通するfor a bullet to pass through (something)
The bullet had passed through the wall.
- 銃弾を摘出するto surgically remove a bullet
The doctor removed the bullet from the patient's body.
- 銃弾が飛んでくるfor bullets to come flying (toward someone)
Suddenly, bullets came flying at us.